Tag Archives: Game

GAME REVIEW – Mercury Hg (PSN)

By Marty Mulrooney

Mercury_RL001

Mercury Hg is the latest game in the ‘Mercury’ series, which began with Archer Maclean’s Mercury on PlayStation Portable in 2005, followed by Mercury Meltdown in 2006 – a sequel that was also released on PlayStation 2 as Mercury Meltdown Remix and on Nintendo Wii as Mercury Meltdown Revolution. Mercury Hg is a direct sequel to Mercury Meltdown for PSN (PlayStation 3), with players once again tilting levels to guide their blob of mercury to the nearest exit whilst collecting atoms and avoiding hazards.

Leave a comment

Filed under Games

GAME REVIEW – The Blackwell Deception (PC)

By Marty Mulrooney

BD_poster

The Blackwell Deception is the fourth instalment in the Blackwell series of point-and-click adventure games from Dave Gilbert and Wadjet Eye Games. Rosangela Blackwell and her spirit guide Joey Mallone return in a brand new adventure, this time delving into the underground world of street psychics.

Leave a comment

Filed under Games

GAME REVIEW – Super Meat Boy – Ultra Rare Edition (PC)

By Marty Mulrooney

Super Meat Boy Ultra Edition 2D

Super Meat Boy is an award-winning indie platform game developed by Team Meat (Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes). It was released on the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade in October 2010, and on PC in November 2010. In August 2011, publisher Lace Mamba Global released two retail versions of the game: the Ultra Edition (which includes a digital soundtrack, a 40 page comic/sketch book, a double-sided poster and secret bonus content) and the Ultra Rare Edition (which includes everything present in the Ultra Edition as well as an additional T-shirt!)

Leave a comment

Filed under Games

GAME REVIEW – Hector: Episode 3 – Beyond Reasonable Doom (PC)

By Marty Mulrooney

Hector103 2011-10-03 21-47-16-50

Hector: Episode 3 – Beyond Reasonable Doom is a point-and-click adventure game created by Straandlooper Animation, published by Telltale Games. Only a few months after Episode 2: Senseless Acts Of Justice was released – described in AMO’s review as being “just as crude, rude and hilarious as ever” – Episode 3 begins with Hector and his trusty sidekick Lambert stuck in a septic tank rapidly filling with liquid poo! Just another day in the Clappers Wreake Police Department…

Continue reading

Leave a comment

Filed under Games